Association of nut consumption with total and cause-specific mortality

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 2001-2011

  Bao, Ying ^a   Han, Jiali ^d   Hu, Frank B ^a,b   Giovannucci, Edward L ^a,b   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Fuchs, Charles S ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NUT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PEANUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84889846631     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1307352     Document Type: Article

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